How to Use call-up in a Sentence

call-up

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• Playing in Triple-A offers the hope — for some, a fleeting one — of a big league call-up.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2023
• Joyce is the most recent of the Angels’ aggressive call-ups.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
• The timing of his call-up isn’t lost on Crow-Armstrong with 18 games left in the regular season.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• That performance earned Vázquez his first call-up to the U.S. national team, for whom he's earned eight caps and scored four goals this year.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
• After the game resumed, call-up Nick Robertson pitched a perfect ninth.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
• One of those younger call-ups is Gibson, a sophomore blazing his trail at forward.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
• Instead, a flight to Washington in the morning to join the Chicago Cubs awaited Amaya, who earned his first big-league call-up.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
• He has been elevated from the practice squad for the past two games, and the Dolphins have one more of those call-ups available to use on him Sunday.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
• Late-season call-up Evan Carter looks like the real deal, and top prospect Wyatt Langford is ready to provide more thunder.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024
• Thompson arrived via an emergency call-up and played all 90 minutes in the second game against the Irish three days later.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
• The call-up amounts to nearly 4% of Israel’s population.
  — Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• Twenty-six umpires were assigned full spring training schedules last year, and 21 of those were assigned to the in-season call-up list.
  — Ben Walker and Ronald Blum, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
• After looking lost in spring training, the hard-throwing righty put it together in a sudden call-up this week.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
• Casey Schmitt appears close to a call-up if the team needs help at third or even shortstop, and another shortstop, Will Wilson, also had a strong camp.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023
• How does the communication go between you and Chris Young or whoever else is involved on when a player is ready to get the call-up to the big league club?
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Been there before: Stars defenseman Thomas Harley, a late call-up this season, was in the lineup against Minnesota.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
• With the most Triple-A experience of this group, Westburg could be seen as the next man up after Henderson’s call-up late last season.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
• Nill talked about defenseman Thomas Harley, a late-season call-up who played in six games during the regular season, but 19 in the playoffs.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
• The call-up age has been lowered from 27 to 25 but other parts of a mobilization bill are still struggling to pass through the Ukrainian parliament.
  — Tim Lister, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
• So has sophomore Reese Jordan, a junior varsity call-up who caught the coaching staff’s eye with her strong play at forward.
  — Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
• His initial call-up last year left a positive impression, as well.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• Stars coach Pete DeBoer said the call-up decision was in part because of Harley’s improvement.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
• A slow start, a few injuries, close games not going our way; a couple call-ups to get semi-excited about, followed by a too little, too late run.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
• The call-up of reservists into active duty is seen by analysts as a reaction to Russian setbacks in the war.
  — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• Between that and Pages’ own impressive play this month, the pathway toward an early call-up was suddenly paved.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
• Fellow rookies Emmet Sheehan and Gavin Stone have made strides after struggling in their initial call-ups.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• The changes create a new online system to deliver call-up notices and ban those who ignore them from leaving the country, closing loopholes many had used to avoid the draft.
  — Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2023
• Hayden Birdsong, the organization’s top right-handed pitching prospect, will start the season at Double-A Richmond and could make a case for a major-league call-up by the end of the year.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
• During his first call-up, the former fifth-round pick used a slider to complement his go-to fastball-changeup combination.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• But with only $7.3 million in salary cap space — and only about $4.5 million to work with while leaving a cushion for call-ups and future trades — the Stars aren’t given significant room to make big moves.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 8 June 2023

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call up

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• Matos was the team’s No. 4 prospect when he was called up June 14.
  — Michael Wagaman, ajc, 24 June 2023
• People would call up and ask agents to price out a trip all the time.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
• The group take a deep dive on the Tigers' prospects and who might be getting called up this year.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2024
• Some think they may be called up to fight and want a useful skill.
  — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• McLain got his ninth big league homer since he got called up in May.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 July 2023
• The state could call up to 14 witnesses, and the defense could call up to 30.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
• Austyn Brielle Nakken was called up to the show yesterday!
  — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• The protests stopped in a show of unity, and many demonstrators were called up to fight.
  — Shoshanna Solomon, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024
• When Jimmy gets called up to coach the high school team, Mike steps in to coach for Jimmy.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023
• Lletget was called up to play on the team again in 2021 for the Concacaf Gold Cup, and the team took home the trophy.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
• At this point, the Bengals might be forced to call up Isaiah Prince from the practice squad.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2023
• Last, swiping from the left side of the screen calls up an album with all the content on the microSD card.
  — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
• From the day he was called up for practice, on April 10, McAvoy shattered the learning curve.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
• On the other hand, if your calendar is clear, feel free to call up some pals and hit the town.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
• Holmes called up each driver to answer to their charges before the judge.
  — Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
• After all these years, Rickwood is getting called up to the Big Show.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 11 Aug. 2023
• For some, the days of calling up friends and asking them to be in their wedding party are over.
  — Andrew Zucker, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• While Hall is one of the few prospects with the chance to be called up in September, that doesn’t mean the rest of the farm system should be ignored.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
• There always was a call to make, a meeting to take, a player to call up or send down, bring in or ship out.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
• He was called up and sent back down five times until the middle of the 2012 season, when something clicked.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
• Gomez called up her go-to nail artist, Tom Bachik, to make her manicure dreams come true for the Emmys.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Jan. 2024
• So call up your best friends, make a playlist filled with feel-good songs, and break out the bubbly, because this day is all about you.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• None of the top four options to call up from Triple-A has ever pitched more than 110 innings in a pro season.
  — Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2022
• Wentz, called up from Triple-A Toledo for Friday’s start, struck out three and walked a pair in five shutout innings.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
• Andersen then asked Hares to call up Perkins, at which point the two discussed not getting caught again, the records said.
  — oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2022
• Infield prospect Michael Busch was called up to replace Martinez on the roster.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Moms, call up your daughters today and start making plans.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2023
• In a store, call up Apple Pay or Google Pay on your smartphone and tap it against the payment terminal.
  — Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 7 Apr. 2024
• Instead, try to make use of it by taking a walk, calling up a pal, or being creative with a project or new recipe.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
• Yet, the restaurant’s come up with an excellent work-around, where guests call up a QR code and order online.
  — Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024